Temperature
56 F at 1 PM; 59 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 44 F at its coolest, 7 AM.
- Now
- 56F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 59F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 44F
- 7 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wellington Municipal Airport, Kansas
Small airport in Sumner County, Kansas* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, south central, and southeast Kansas. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost could harm sensitive outdoor vegetation. Sensitive outdoor plants may be killed if left uncovered.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
55°
57°/43°
Mostly clear·
Feels like 55°·Fresh breeze 24 mph N
Alert. A Frost Advisory is in force for Wellington Municipal Airport until 9 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Wellington Municipal Airport is 55° and mostly clear at 1 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Fresh breeze from the north at 24 mph, gusting to 36 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 34° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. Frost can form on the ground in sheltered spots. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Thursday, near 82°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 58°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible tomorrow morning, a low of 34°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:51 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:56 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
22Air quality
59%Humidity
21%Cloud
Now
1:00 PM
55feels55
24mph
Today
Oct 16
5743
25mph
Sat
Oct 17
5834
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6335
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6943
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
7548
overcast
Wed
Oct 21
7954
overcast
Thu
Oct 22
8258
overcast
55°
57°43°
58°34°
63°35°
69°43°
75°48°
79°54°
82°58°
As of 1:00 PM in Wellington Municipal Airport, Kansas.
Air quality
The air at Wellington Municipal Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 PM from its reporting area, Wichita (KS), 27 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
- Ozone22Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 21, good.
GoodModerate
- 21YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 7 AM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wellington Municipal Airport
None in the last 24 hours; 3.10 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 3.10in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 0%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wellington Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 7 AM, lowest 8 miles Sat 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- EGT
- ICAO
- KEGT
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 1,277 ft
- Serves
- Wellington
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- EGT
- Wind now
- From 360° at 24 mph, read 16 Oct, 13:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 / 36 | 5,201 ft | 100 ft | Concrete | 180° / 0° | 24 mph head, on 36 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wellington (EGT), Wellington Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 51% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 1 PM to 91% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 1 PM
- Humidity now
- 51%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 91%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
23 mph from the north at 1 PM; at its strongest 27 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 23mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 27mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.57 inHg at 1 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.48 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.57inHg
- 1 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- +0.48inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,100 ft at 2 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 12 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 4,300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,100ft
- 2 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 12
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wellington: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Wellington Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
WellingtonEGT
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,270 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-35 bridge over Ninnescah RiverK5001
Beside a road/5.3 mi away/1,182 ft/95 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Abrams ScanABRK1
At a river or reservoir gauge/21.3 mi away/1,194 ft/83 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
AbramsS2092
At a soil climate station/21.3 mi away/1,194 ft/83 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Wellington 0.3 SSWKS-SU-37
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/1,225 ft/52 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
WellingtonWLGK1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/1,224 ft/53 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Kansas
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Wellington Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wellingtoncity, 4 mi
- Belle Plainecity, 8 mi
- Mayfieldcity, 10 mi
- Peckcommunity, 11 mi
- Oxfordcity, 13 mi
- Mulvanecity, 14 mi
- Clearwatercity, 14 mi
- Conway Springscity, 15 mi
- Udallcity, 15 mi
- Milancity, 16 mi
- Haysvillecity, 17 mi
- Derbycity, 18 mi
Airports near Wellington Municipal Airport
- McConnell Air Force BaseIAB, 22 mi
- Strother FieldWLD, 22 mi
- Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National AirportICT, 23 mi
- Beech Factory AirportBEC, 27 mi
- Augusta Municipal Airport3AU, 29 mi
- Colonel James Jabara AirportAAO, 31 mi
- Anthony Municipal AirportANY, 40 mi
- Captain Jack Thomas El Dorado AirportEQA, 44 mi